date:Mar 20, 2013
t is predicted to increase by 8.5 per cent to 29.576 mt in the 2013/14 marketing year. EU-27 rapeseed production is forecast to climb by 7.6 per cent from 19.56 mt to 21 mt.
But the figures have to be treated with caution, due to the variable weather conditions. Some delegates at the meeting complained of poor weather conditions and excessive rainfall during the planting season which had hit their crops badly in terms of production and quality.
With the current low temperatures, frost kill cou